Ashley Austin, PhD

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Education

PhD, Florida International University, 2007.

MSW, Florida International University, 1996.

BS, University of Florida, 1990.

Ashley Austin joined the faculty in 2008 and primarily teaches social work research and clinical practice courses. Her emphasis is on facilitating students’ integration of (1) research and practice-based knowledge, as well as (2) personal and professional values in order to enhance competent social work practice with underserved cultural and identity-based minority populations.

Dr. Austin’s research and practice interests revolve around reducing health disparities and improving services for vulnerable subgroups of youth and young adults. Her publications and presentations focus on the following topics: trans affirmative social work practice, effective interventions for sexual and gender minority youth and young adults; adolescent substance abuse; and evidenced based interventions including motivational interviewing, guided self change and cognitive behavior therapy. Dr. Austin has a growing research interest in using grounded theory research to understand issues experiences by individuals within the LGBTQ community.

Dr. Austin is currently engaged in two community based research collaborations with the LGBTQ community: “Developing an affirmative Intervention for Sexual Minority Youth: A participatory research approach” and “Experiences of Gender Non Conforming Young Adults: In Their Words”. Both projects have the primary purpose of gathering knowledge about the specific needs of diverse LGBTQ youth and young adults in order to improve services.

Craig, S. L. & Austin, A. M. Can Group Interventions Enhance the Resiliency of Sexual Minority Youth? Evidence From a Pilot Study" The Society for Social Work Resarch 17th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA January 16-20, 2013.

Austin, A. M. Evidence-based interventions for adolescents with substance use problems. Presentation for The Society for Social Work and Research, Eighth Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, January 15-18, 2004.

Austin, A. M. Correlates of Treatment Retention among Multiethnic Youth with Substance Use Problems. Presentation for the Fourth International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Quebec, Canada, May 23-27, 2004.

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